Here at The Atlantic Wire, we respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. Sometimes, though, we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite head-scratchers.
The emails are coming! The emails are coming! http://tumblr.com/xlv2si476y
Open Wire was our big attempt at radical transparency, but to get in the mind of your typical Atlantic Wire writer at around 8 a.m., all you really need to do is read this tweet.
"Jersey Shore" is filming in Italy; Italy says "no grazie," calls them "tamarri" http://on.wsj.com/jgdPae
We've said it once and we'll say it again: Italy has good taste.
Is there a scientific explanation for the impulse to picnic? http://su.pr/1qlMoa
We waited all day for the follow-up tweet correcting this to "panic." Didn't happen. It really is about the urge to picnic.
At the National Archives, Life, Liberty and Carp http://nyti.ms/l9zgsl
When the Library of Congress announced its pre-1915 jukebox, you knew it was just a matter of time before all forms of fish, fowl, and fungi were marked for preservation
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